Críona Ní Dhálaigh

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Quaker graves on the grounds of the Weir Home, a HSE residential mental health services facility in Dublin. Photograph: Dave Meehan
Historic cemetery in decline amid ownership row

Concerns are growing over the condition of Ireland’s oldest remaining Quaker cemetery, amid disagreements between the Health Service Executive and Dub(...)

The Mercer Street flats in Dublin, designed by Herbert Simms: “It is a lovely building . . . but the place is in bits,” said Independent councillor Sonya Stapleton. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill
People living in ‘manky’ flats in listed buildings

Dublin flat tenants are living in “appalling, filthy dirty, manky conditions” in “beautiful architectural buildings” that happen to be protected struc(...)

The Peter McVerry Trust will run rooms for 11 families at a large house off the Malahide Road in the Fingal County Council area. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill
Bargaintown building to be converted into housing for homeless families

A former Bargaintown furniture showroom and warehouse in Coolock is to be used to provide accommodation for homeless families currently living in Dub(...)

At Glasnevin Cemetery laying a wreath at the grave of Michael McWhite, an Irish citizen who fought for France during the first World War and was awarded the Legion d’Honneur by the French government for his bravery, were from left: John Green, Chairman Glasnevin Trust; Jean-Pierre Thebault, ambassador of France to Ireland; Laurent Somon, chairman of the Departmental Council of the Somme; Jean-Marc Todeschini, French Minister of State for Remembrance and the Veterans, and Colonel Antoine de Loustal, Defence Attaché. Photograph: Colm Mahady/Fennells
Irish dead from first World War honoured at Glasnevin

The fallen Irish of the first World War were remembered on Wednesday at an Armistice Day wreath laying ceremony at Glasnevin Cemetery in Dublin. It wa(...)

Dublin’s Stephen Cluxton and Paul Flynn celebrate at the end of the Dublin V Kerry game on Sunday. Photograph: Donall Farmer/Inpho
Celebration of Dubs win to be held on O’Connell Street

A “homecoming” celebration of Dublin’s All-Ireland football success will be held on Monday evening in the capital. The Lord Mayor, Críona Ní Dhálaigh (...)

Newly elected Lord Mayor Cllr Críona Ní Dhálaigh from Sinn Féin pictured with family and Sinn Féin TDs Gerry Adams, Mary Lou McDonald and Aengus Ó Snodaigh in Dublin City Hall.
New Lord Mayor of Dublin wants Irish language centre

Dublin’s new Lord Mayor, Sinn Féin’s Críona Ní Dhálaigh, has said that she wants to see the establishment of an Irish-language “hub’” in the city that(...)

Call for Dublin City Council to lower the minimum apartment size and allow studio apartments for renters.
Council sees no reason to change standards

Claims that Dublin City Council’s apartment standards were holding back development were “simplistic, premature” and based on a superficial analysis,(...)

More than 16,000 applicants are waiting for council housing in the city, but the council cannot provide sufficient suitable housing for them, assistant city manager with responsibility for housing Dick Brady told the councillors.
Dublin housing supply drops to crisis levels

Only 29 houses were built by Dublin City Council last year, councillors were told by a senior official at a meeting last night. More than 16,000 appli(...)